John Cooper
Dumfries and Galloway
ConservativeOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
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Ranks 635th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 50%. 8 contributions since 2024-10-30.
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism548th of 9676.0
- Palliative & end of life care231st of 5736.0
- Cancer355th of 6133.0
- Heart disease & stroke170th of 3873.0
- Mental health646th of 8693.0
- Public health & prevention460th of 7343.0
What they’ve said
“…Loneliness needs to be seen for what it is: a public health issue. Rural people, by nature, have to be resilient and self-reliant, and the fact is that no Government can do everything. I must mention the charity A Listening Ear, which in my community, movingly, has a programme called “No One Dies Alone”.”
Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation · 2026-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We cannot let the emotional baggage of the assisted dying Bill override proper parliamentary procedure.…”
Progression of Bills through Parliament · 2026-06-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We are here not to relitigate the substance of the assisted dying Bill, but to consider a profound change to the way we in this place carry out our duties as legislators.”
Progression of Bills through Parliament · 2026-06-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Dumfries and Galloway constituency have done a power of work to make men aware of prostate disease and prostate cancer—just as well, given that prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men. One in eight of us will be diagnosed with it, and that figure rises to one in four for black men.”
Incontinence · 2025-06-19 · Read on Hansard ↗